diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 9860057775ee..2424d1648c65 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_HAS_TEARDOWN_DMA_OPS if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if CPU_V7 || CPU_V7M || CPU_V6K
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT